Hospitalizations for pertussis in Italy, 1999-2009: Analysis of the hospital discharge database

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1651-1655

  Gabutti, Giovanni ^a,d   Cristina Rota, Maria ^b   Bonato, Bernardo ^c   Pirani, Roberta ^c   Turlà, Giuliana ^c   Cucchi, Alessandro ^c   Cavallaro, Alessandra ^c  

^a Operative Unit of Hygiene and Public Health   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospital admissions; Hospital discharge forms; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84871298675     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1791-8     Document Type: Article

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